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Jerry Seinfeld is going to be in Grand Forks in May! I’m getting tickets.
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From Vikings.com, your Vikings @ Seahawks game preview, and the Vikings @ Seahawks Week 16 injury report.
From the Pioneer-Press, Stephon Gilmore says he’s playing on Sunday.
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Mike Tomlin is not happy with the officiating and he isn’t afraid to talk about it, from MSN. I like Tomlin, he’s one of the good guys.
Keep up on injury news from around the league at MSN’s NFL week 16 injury report.
The NFL has asked congress to pay more attention to illegal drones at games, amid recent sightings, according to Sports Illustrated. Ya, congress should worry about the NFL’s games instead of the public’s safety. One of those drones could take illegal video footage & SHARE IT without paying the NFL their $millions/billions, the poor owners may miss out on some precious pennies.
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The Chargers kicker looks like Shaun from Boy Meets World.
The last time there was a successful free kick, some of the young pups on here were not even born
I think my parents were still in high school.
Didn’t Flutie kick one? On further review, it was a drop kick, not the same thing.
Honestly, I can’t remember ever seeing one and didn’t even know about that rule. I was fourteen at the time.
Saw this sentence in an article about the Arizona Cardinals upcoming game.
‘The Cardinals making the playoffs isn’t impossible, but it is a tall ask. They’ll have to win out the season and claim the division to earn a wild-card spot.‘
I can’t tell if the reporter doesn’t understand sports or if the editor doesn’t understand English.
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/cardinals-kyler-murray-has-priceless-reaction-potential-cold-weather-game-vs-panthers
Probably both
Right up there with running a pick 6.
But that was from a politician who the left declared to be ‘the new standard of masculinity’.
So woke logic applied.
How do you know this writer isn’t using woke logic?
Good grief
Holy shit, I just made the mistake of logging onto Facebook for a few minutes. I won’t make that mistake again.
BookFace and I have never met.
The Teacher monitors family accounts and let me know if there is anything worth knowing/going on there.
It has been years since she told me anything interesting from there.
Cesspool, I checked out years ago. We advertise there for our business, that’s about it.
She had to abandon a lot of school co-workers either because of election garbage or dumb drama.
Only one I am really worried about it Potato.
Q being on there as his backup it a concern as well.
He’s good. I came back and played if it was serious that would have never happened.
That’s hilarious!
Rooting for the Chargers since I still hate the coach of the Broncos.
I do like Bo Nix though. Seems like a good guy.
@I wonder if he knows how to grill?@
Tomorrow the college football playoff things start. I am watching, even though I know very little about college sports. Fun to look out for players that could be in the NFL soon.
No more work for two weeks.
Lots of football to watch.
Bobcats playing for a trip to the National Championship Saturday. Beat South Dakota then one of the two Dakota State teams and bring that trophy back to Bozeman.
IN YOUR DREAMS!
Touchdown Tommy can’t be stopped!
The destruction of the Dakotas begins Saturday. Those flatlanders aren’t gonna be able to breath by the end of the 1st quarter.
Go Bison
They can win this weekend but Tommy will get em in Frisco.
I got to cheer for the man, the myth, the dream…
I’m all wrapped up too (finished my work for the year, not wearing a condom). No more work until school starts up again.
Condoms are for sailors.
or for keeping sand/grit/dirt out of your barrel…..
tomorrow the last day of the year for me too.
enjoy your time off….
Yep
I wouldn’t mind.
But would rather ButtHoleFace didn’t even make the playoffs.
Starting with tonight, losing to the Chargers would make me smile.
Exactly this.
Yeah, this time of year makes me a fan of many teams.
Chargers
Commanders
even the Bears
I’m with ya’ there
I just had my pipes cleaned.
I’m not going to tell you if that is a sexual euphemism or if I had to meet a plumber at the domicile. Or maybe it’s both…
I would just once have a nurse that looks like that.
all my nurses look like Lunch Lady Doris
I had a nurse that looked like this once, except she was blond. Her scrubs looked like they wanted to explode.
I wanted to ask her if scrubs came in adult sizes, too.
Hopefully you weren’t there for anything embarrassing
EVERY trip to the doctor is embarrassing! 🙂
I’m guessing, her 1st thought was, oh my god this guy took too much Viagra.
Did it have anything to do with thinking of Herbert?
The Vikings have the sixth best chance of winning the Superbowl according to sports books. They are +1300. The Ravens are 9-5 and are +800. The “experts” still don’t believe in the Vikings. I’ll be curious to see what the odds are if we win the North.
They’ll probably go down. Even if they won the super bowl the narrative/ talk will be about how much better the Lions, Bills, etc actually were and the Vikings just lucked into it. There will be a certain continent here complaining about the play calls and how it’s just not good enough too.
There is always a degree of luck for any team that wins a SB. And if they say we were lucky, so were the Chiefs last year.
Injuries are part of the “luck” thing, and the Lions have a lot of injuries. that’s life in the NFL.
“certain continent”… (Eastern) Europe?
if we win the north i think that means we go 3-0 in the next 3 games.
we’d probably be the 3rd favorites behind the chiefs and bills for winning the superbowl
I don’t blame them. They trust former MVP Lamar more than Sam Darnold. It comes down to the QB for many pundits. Looking at the past SB winners, it makes sense.
If the Vikes win the next three, people will have to put the “they haven’t beaten anyone” narrative to rest. It’s up to our players to be clutch and change the narrative.
What’s Lamar’s playoff record?
Just sayin’. What’s Sam’s? This is how they see it.
I’m not putting my money on Lamar, that’s for sure.
Would guess the betting boys have noted our schedule and how many teams we have beaten with. winning records.
We can’t chose our schedule, but the guys that bet a lot think about such things.
Now, we beat the Packers and Lions coming up and things will change fast.
Maybe they shouldn’t trust former MVP Lamar. Jackson’s playoff record is 2-4.Lamar Jackson’s defenses give up an average of 15.7 PPG in 6 playoff games.
The experts molest collies.
Also, welcome!
We may not know the Vikings Packers game time until Monday.
One Eagles game could still be moved as NFL season wraps up
The weekend between Christmas and New Year’s is one of the best/laziest weekends of the year. I’ll be lounging. I’m not worried about the timing of the game, TBH
My son and I are talking about going to Spearfish to do some hiking during that week.
Fresh air and exercise is a great way to reset before starting another year
Yepper, sitting in a hot tub looking at the snowy mountains is also nice.
I had it in my head that Pace was donzo for the year. Just read he’s on Pace (see what I did there?) to be back for the Packers game…?
yep, in fact, KOC said he’s ahead of schedule so when they can take him off IR, he will be plugging right back in full go
That’s excellent news! Him and Cashman full go is going to help the run game and secondary biggly!
Sam Darnold wasn’t on the injury report with a hand injury, so i guess his hand is just fine
Well crap, now it is no sense in watching on Sunday…
Pro Picks: Eagles will cruise past the Commanders and Seahawks will upset the Vikings
I will be at church, so I will miss the game.
How long does your church service take…
3:00 game.
That’s a very long church service
Maybe a special Christmas Eve-ish service?
Well, for whatever reason our church decided to have 3 and 5 pm services on Sunday. Christmas Eve services are 1, 3 and 5, so I guess they wanted similar times for Sunday and Christmas Eve.
Is there really a point going Sunday AND Xmas eve?
yes
DE and Freezey are especially bad sinners….
I’m probably the worst sinner in the history of the world. I need all the help I can get.
i’m actually VERY good at sinning
As am I Freezey, as am I.
Yes.
I volunteer.
Did you know for most of Christian history Christmas wasn’t even a huge deal until Coca-Cola made it into a huge deal. The big holiday was Easter, the dying for our sins and resurrection. Sure, Jesus being born was a big deal too but not like Easter. Which makes sense when you really think about it. But Coca-Cola got that all switched up… thanks consumerism.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYQZRReQS0k
LOL
ok guy
I’ll be honest, I haven’t checked into this one but it makes sense.
i guarantee you, in the true christian church, Christmas has always been popular, well before coca cola and the polar bears came around
So basically, you’re the guy at the bottom of the scrum, on a fumble, sticking your fingers in peoples orifices, trying to get them to let go of the ball.
That would explain why many Christmas songs were written decades before Coca Cola was invented.
Sorry, I’m not much of a Star Wars fan
Ok GF
They got both games wrong.
Commies win, and Vikings win. Both games close.
I’d love that!
Vikings win, but no way Commies win.
Does Belichek have Drones? ACC better watch out.
Snowing pretty good here in west central Wisconsin. Will be the first time plowing for the year. I actually like plowing snow.
Yeah, a good amount throughout the day here in western WI. Big fluffy flakes.
where are you at? are you by vikingphillip in eau claire?
Not quite
Dismissing school at 1:00 in SW Minnesota
New Guy Alert!!
What part of SW Minnesota?
Just let up here, looks like another blast coming yet. We’re at 6 inches if I had to guess.
4 inches of beautiful fluffy snow fell here in Paradise last night.
We got vicious wind and freezing rain. When I put the dogs out at bedtime it was 36. This morning it was 4. Made for a chilly stroll.
All we got was wind last night and it’s about 40 with not a cloud in the sky.
They don’t call it the banana belt for nothing.
Yep.
Supposed to be pushing 60 this weekend too. We will be heading east tomorrow night or Saturday morning though. Back to the motherland for Christmas.
Snow, in paradise? Not the image I think of, when I think of paradise 🙂
I was supposed to drive in to the office today.
With no snow, it is about an hour commute. With snow, that can triple.
I stayed home.
Drive there just to drive back
We got maybe 5 inches here, my brother got more, they’re 50 miles northwest.
heh
I don’t see SoCal this morning yet, but congratulations to his new state on being sane.
Idaho Board of Education bans DEI offices and initiatives in all public universities | Fox News
I’m hopeful we see more and more of these kinds of initiatives taking place. The left has been pushing these kinds of activities in the the name of equality. Unfortunately it’s misguided. Equality occurs when people are selected for their initiative, talent, skill, experience, etc regardless of color, cultural background, ethnicity, gender (or non-gender) etc.
Well said.
I am thoroughly convinced, you are either Kirk Cousins or Donald Trump. Don’t worry your secret is safe with me.
Laughing
The timing is impeccable, if you’re Kirk Cousins, you’ve been busy preparing for games, until now. And if you’re Trump, you had the run up to the election and then you started filling your cabinet, and now you sit back and wait until inauguration.
Impeccable logic.
Trump’s a smart guy, I could see him fishing for advice here.
Why not both??
Welcome aboard.
Are you going to be convinced to un-retire since the current dementia patient is leaving the white house soon?
Laughing. Yes I resigned my position, due to Biden. No, I’m not unretiring. I’m too old to work anymore. 18 hour days are for the young. Thanks for asking. Hope all is well with you and yours Surly.
Welcome back.
Oklahoma has joined in the Anti-Wokeness.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/state-revamps-curriculum-ban-woke-garbage-teach-all-aspects-complex-jefferson-trump-civil-unrest
Unlike San Francisco now has a ‘ Fat Czar.’ Just when I thought things couldn’t get more stupid.
At least the US Congress is getting a CR passed that gives them a 40% pay raise. How can anybody be expected to live on a measly $175k? Also, it’s about time they outlaw provocative AI generated images.
If the Republicans pass that 1500 page CR things are going to get pretty hot come January.
Heard an interesting once on Congressional pay raises – ” You can’t pay the good ones enough, and the bad ones aren’t worth two cents.”
I saw somebody said they need this pay raise because representatives are barely ekeing by. They have to have two houses and $175k is just not sufficient to live on. Now, I’m not saying that is a ton, but what happened to serving in Congress being a service to your country? It’s not supposed to be a career. It’s supposed to be people who are willing to go part time to Washington after they have already been successful. They are not supposed to be career positions.
Will say making 175 and Living in DC is kind of rough, really.
Now, I agree about the service issue and these folks should serve a term or two and then go home for good. It shouldn’t be a career.
And then there’s all the money they get under the table. not to mention elaborate expense accounts. Insider trading etc.
The salary was not supposed to be their only source of income. It’s supposed to be a part time job, which it is. They’re only in DC half the year and half of that is just worrying about getting elected again.
In this day and age, they could simply travel to DC to vote on bills. Everything else can be done remotely.
It isn’t. We all could get rich, very much, just from trading on insider information.
And their staff and ‘stationary and postage’ allotment, we can live large.
Actually i read that it goes from $174k to like $185k.
Not sure what I read was accurate though.
But to me, this is the least of my worries. That’s only $5.35 million
It’s all the other nonsense worth billions.
I had heard it was going to around $240k. Not sure I guess. Agreed though that the rest of the pork is a problem. $5 million dollars to evaluate molasses testing procedures? They also added a bunch of woke, lefty language nonsense like changing “offender” to “justice-involved individual” and something about illegals. It would also fund a government run censorship department.
Some other good ones were a new $3 billion stadium for the Commies, immunity to Reps like Schiff and Swalwell, funding for bioweapon labs, expanding covid powers
Forced niceness is never good. If these universities wanted to have these offices out of their idea or desires then that’s fine. But the state forcing it never works.
The left has been pushing these kinds of activities in the name of equality. Unfortunately it’s misguided. Equality occurs when people are selected for their initiative, talent, skill, experience, etc regardless of color, cultural background, ethnicity, gender (or non-gender) etc.
Yeah when people are wrong for the right reasons they really seem to get it twisted. Because the reasoning of I am doing this to promote equality etc… sure feels good but it’s not what’s happening. Happens a lot. The reverse happens too when you are right for the wrong reasons.
Lots of things happening in Idaho in todays news.
https://sports.yahoo.com/boise-state-join-lawsuit-fighting-010529087.html
https://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-prosecutors-reject-bryan-kohberger-many-attacks-search-warrants
Took me longer to read it all and get here today.
Remember when the Browns owner asked a homeless guy about team personnel?
Here is another intriguing NFL owner personnel decision.
Apparently, the Jets owner and family members use the Madden Game Ratings to determine if a player is worthy. Life as an NFL owner.
Yeah, lots of “expert” opinions being fed to the populace based on stuff like this too.
Probably as accurate and worthy as PFF grades.
Correct.
Morning all, just letting you know I’m upright and breathing, and have a pulse. Been caring for my older sister in Myrtle Beach. She got pneumonia and it’s been touch and go for several weeks. She is on the mend now.
good to hear from you and thanks for checking in.
hopefully you have been able to watch some of the vikings games. been a fun year and a fun run…
I have watched several Vikings games, and I think I told everyone I thought this team could still get to the super bowl about 4 weeks ago. I’m hoping we can make some noise in the playoffs. Lions are still very tough though, and the Packers too.
Glad to hear from you and hope your sister is better.
Missed all your insider information. Worried I may see a drone in my backyard.
All the best.
Have to say, my phone and email have been blown up over the last many weeks regarding a number of world events. “Who do you know in this or that Agency, or this or that part of the world”… type questions. My wife isn’t happy that I still seem to be “in the business”. I have basically started telling people my information and contacts are outdated. Time for me to let go, really. It’s hard though.
Does take time and some of it just never leaves. You just sort of learn to live with it.
And really there’s a good part to staying so e engaged.
Good to hear from you.
My problem is, I still give a shit.
And you will every day for the rest of your life.
You are going to be like that retired CIA guy in Meet the Fockers…Kind of out of the business, but not really.
Going to be? He’s taking notes on all of us and probably has pictures of our front doors to pass on to the authorities when needed.
Laughing… nah, not all of you…
Did I tell you my Grandfather was a proud member of the Communist Party??
That should get me on your naughty list.
Laughing… back in the 50’s he wasn’t alone.
My FIL drove truck for the same company for 30 years. When he retired, he spent all of his time watching the weather channel and calling his former coworkers warning them about potential storms, depending on where they were headed.
Yeah, it’s a weird thing. Just sort of staying connected.
Pneumonia can take the starch out of a person, big-time.
Hope she feels better and can enjoy the Christmas season.
Thanks Wrenage. Yes, pneumonia kills a lot of elderly folks. My sister was on a death watch for a while. So thankful she seems to have pulled through.
I had pneumonia when I was an infant, I obviously don’t remember it.
What I don’t understand is how they turn it into window cleaner.
I have had it twice.
Evidently once you have had it your chances of getting again are elevated.
I keep an eye out for any upper respiratory issues all the time now.
Glad to hear she’s doing better, welcome back!
Thanks GF… lots of prayers and lots of care, seem to be paying off.
Glad it sounds like she is doing better! Take care!
Thanks Edge.. we almost lost her, but she is battling back. Very thankful.
You are a good man, taking care of her. Glad she is doing better.
Thanks. Fingers crossed there is no relapse.
Oops, I posted a reply to your comment up above, it’s in jest. Glad to hear you and your family are doing well.
I totally took your comment in jest. Thank you for the well wishes.
Welcome Back!
You are a good man for taking care of your sister. Glad she is doing better.
Thank you Surly. We started out with 6 kids in the family. Only my sister, my younger brother, and I remain. Both parents have been gone for a while now. Family is precious.
In my case, family is mostly annoying vs precious.
Glad you have some good family.
I have 11 living brothers and sisters, I talk to 2 brothers and 1 sister.
I have been “cancelled” by one child and their spouse since I refused to vote for Kamala. They live 30 mn away and have completely cut off all contact.
Not even kidding.
@Fun Holidays this year@
People that ruin relationships because of politics are misguided. If I remember correctly, you mentioned that a lot of the influence was coming from your child’s spouse. If a person turn their spouse against their family because of politics, then, to be blunt, that person is a tool.
Terrible. Sorry to hear it Surly.
Welcome back! Good on you for caring for her. Happy to hear she’s the mend. Pneumonia is no joke!
Thank you. You’re right that pneumonia is no joke, especially for the elderly. Good to be back.
Welcome back, NVF!
Many thanks MT! Good to be back!
I have a sub-QOTD:
What is the Hockenson situation? Is he still the highest-paid TE? Does that seem a bit extreme now that we are also paying JJ? His injury kind of muddies the waters, though, but he seemed more productive with Kirk.
as of RIGHT NOW, 2025, minnesota will be #2 in tight end spending in the NFL:
hockenson with a $16.8 mill cap hit and Oliver with a $9.4 mill cap hit…
That seems insane money.
Hock was Kirko’s security blanket. Mr. Checkdown.
He was the receiver Kirko threw short to, on 4th & 8.
hock likes darnold more, darnold threw like a 6 yard pass on 3rd and 15 to him last game, and instead of folding, hock went and got the 1st down…so…thus…hock likes darnold more
That checks out.
I would have done the same thing for certain girls on the playground in grade school.
That’s kind of the thought I had in the back of my head, too. Hockenson carried a lot Kirk’s water.
Darnold has another one (JA) or 2 (Jones) viable options to throw to that Kurt didn’t have. Opportunities spreading thin.
the reason i think the Vikings are going to stick with JJ and let Darnold go get PAID, is because i think it’s obvious what a good defense does for a team…
the defense won a few games this year and also kept the team in the game until the offense showed up.
Let Darnold get paid, thanks for your service me boy, keep building the defense and offensive line, and get JJ and his miniscule contract in there and roll..
that’s what i think at least
Agreed
Or… we have a fuck ton of money next year just tag Darnold as security and let them battle it out next year for who starts and then you have a year to really figure out what you have in JJ and we can all be doing this again next year… YAY!
OR we have like 70mill in cap space next year, tagging Darnold would take 40mill of that, so then that “bleep” ton of money turns into ehh let’s try to get a guy or two signed
I see some retread OL guys in our future!
I think this was the last year the GM and front office thought they could get by with mediocre to bad IOL…
we’ll see the change start this next year…
I’d spend that on beefing up in the trenches, both sides of the ball.
10000000000000000%
Let sam go, and find a better IOL with the money saved.
The illegal drones thing makes me think of the book/movie “Black Sunday” where terrorists used a blimp to try to attack the stadium on Super Bowl Sunday. If I remember correctly, the movie is from the 1970s.
They sure did on SB Sunday.
This drone thing is very strange. Not many straight answers.
No answers at all, at least from the guv. Lots of questions.
Zero doubt it is the military/government. These drones are apparently the size of cars. Even out here in lightly populated flyover country you can’t hide the setup and takedown of drones of that size from prying eyes, except within the confines of a military installation.
As to the purpose of the drones, who knows? Of course I go to some kind of low level radiation leak, monitoring for isotopes over the NJ area.
spying on political enemies most likely
Are there any prominent Republicans that have a home or business in the area the drones have been?
One of Bruce Derns’s most Dernsy performances.
What I find odd is the guy who wrote it is the same guy who wrote Silence of the Lambs and those Hannibal Lechter books.
I just find that weird in a fun way. Guys writes a book about a blimp attack on the Super Bowl, goes away for awhile, and then all of sudden dominates the serial killer genre.
I didn’t realize that about the author. Sometimes it just takes awhile for an author to find their grove.
For sure the govt looking for something but not wanting to alarm the masses.
Pick ‘Em League Reminder
Don’t forget to get your picks in before tonight’s game.
Also, there are games on Saturday this week, as well.
Ours are in, did ‘em last night.
QotD:
If the rest of the NFL believes that the reason Kirko was good in Minnesota, is because of KOC, does that make Darnold cheaper if we were to try and sign him to a 2-3 year deal?
I think players want to be on the Vikings. That is helpful.
I do not think Sam will stay around, unless he somehow gets very little attention as a free agent. I expect him to be around 40 mil per year and a three year deal somewhere.
Meanwhile, we will have JJ and maybe Mullens, Maybe Jones, and be an even better overall team next season (talent wise) and probably win fewer games.
Variance sucks sometimes.
it depends if Darnold is smart.
If Darnold wants the most money, he’s gone.
If Darnold wants to be on a good team, he will stay.
I’d be good with $30 million per year for two years.
Vikings currently have $76 million in cap space for 2025 with Jets and Darrisaw locked up.
My WAG is that KAM is emboldened with his style of cheap QB’s and KOC as coach, so there is no need to spend big money on a QB.
So I’d be surprised if KAM gives Darnold $30 million.
“If Darnold wants the most money, he’s gone.
If Darnold wants to be on a good team, he will stay.”
Exactly. The bird in the hand……….The way my head maths is he stands to make more money over a longer period of time staying with us at a lower salary.
His choice will be made on how he views himself – is he successful here because he matured and progressed, or because he’s in a great situation?
If he feels he can be good anywhere, he’s gone.
I expect Darnold will go the way of Keenum. Teams love paying QBs. Someone is going to give him an offer he can’t refuse.
I may have mis-worded my question. Will teams be willing to pay Darnold the kind of money Atlanta gave Kirko, after seeing what Kirko did after leaving KOC and the Vikings?
Some team probably will.
Not sure Darnold has the same “money mentality” and/or hardball contract demands as Kirko does. My guess is he won’t get Kirko paid, but some team will likely offer more than the Vikings.
KOC is no doubt a good coach for any QB to play in, probably one of the best in the league.
But Cousins was a good seasoned QB when KOC got here and he made him better. Sam was a number 3 draft pick that had played in some really poor situations and KOC made him look good.
Believe KOC can help most all, but there must be some appreciable talent to begin with to get high level performance.
That is kind of my point, Kirk was an average QB with Redskins, albeit a crappy organization. He comes to Minnesota and for the first few “Zim” years, he is an average QB at best. KOC comes in, and all of a sudden Kirk looks good to great at QB, depending on how you view him. Kirk than goes to Atlanta and looks like the average to below average QB he was in Washington and when Zimmer was the coach.
Same could be said for Darnold, he was an average to below average QB when he was with Jets and Panthers, didn’t see him play in SF. He comes to Minnesota and KOC has him looking like a good to great QB.
Do other teams think they can continue the good to great QB play from Darnold and pay him. Or do they shy away from him looking at what Kirk has done in Atlanta, lowering his overall price to sign?
If he gets paid to go somewhere else and he turns back into a pumpkin, does that say KOC is a true QB whisperer?
Think Kirk and Sam are different. Kirk was older, and injured, but had a solid record of performance. Sam has now had ‘one’ good year preceded by seven rather poor ones.
Sam will have offers, but will one year over ride his previous history? And gotta believe most smart GM’s know we have a stacked offense.
Will be interesting to see how this plays out.
If you’re asking if we’ll get a great deal on Darnold, paying less than league average for a top 15 QB? – no.
Happy Thorsday,
Skol
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My pre-season predictions:
I was way wrong!
You are forgiven.
While I did expect the Kirko meltdown, he is playing worse than even I had hoped for.
As for the Vikings, I expected an improved defense and a playoff caliber team. I expected 10 wins.
Life is good
Thank you for publicly admitting it.
Don’t feel bad, all the “experts” and “self proclaimed smart people” were wrong as well.
Very few thought the Vikings would be this good with Darnold.
Well you are correct. I predicted it but I’m. not one of the “smart people.”
Some experts thought the Vikes would be last in the north.
or last in the NFL.
Zactly
I expected 4-6 wins, as well.
Kirk was always going to Kirk. His essence of Kirkiness is absolute.
How can you say this about, “@the most prolific Vikings QB in history@” ?
I expected the Vikings to go either 4-13 or 13-4, there would be no middle ground. I may be wrong as well, 15-2 would be nice.
#nojinx
I also thought the Falcons would dominate the south, but still be mediocre.
I wasn’t sure about the south, but 100% knew the Falcons would be about .500.
.500 wins that division.
I was called an idiot for saying that at the beginning of the season. I was assured that Kirk would light it up and have them with 10-12 wins easy.
LOLOOL. Nobody in that division is winning 10 this year. Only reason they get close to it is because they have 6 division games against shitty teams.
People is crazy
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Same here, I was pretty pessimistic about this season, had us at 5 to 6 wins. I thought Kirk would do at least OK in Atlanta. Mea culpa.
I predicted 12 wins, looks like I’ll be a couple/few short.
Kirk’s doing great in Atlanta, lots of money & no injury risk. Best situation for a player in the NFL.
Not so great for the Falcons…..
Could be great for the Falcons. I expect Kirk to still be a good teammate and help Penix as much as he can.
If Penix works out, they will not care about the wasted dollars. At least, the fans will not care. Fans want wins.
Good on you for admitting to it! Isn’t this more fun?!
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